Web Designer
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Job description
The Web Designer supports the design, development, and optimization of digital content and user interfaces for federal websites and campaign platforms. This role applies established design principles and web standards to create user-centered digital experiences that effectively communicate public health information.
The Web Designer is responsible for developing wireframes, page layouts, and visual designs that align with federal standards including the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS), Section 508 accessibility requirements, and agency-specific guidelines. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams, including communications specialists, developers, and stakeholders, to translate requirements into functional and visually consistent web experiences.
This position performs design tasks with minimal supervision and contributes to the improvement of site structure, navigation, and content presentation. The Web Designer also supports usability and performance optimization by incorporating analytics and user feedback into design recommendations.
Key Responsibilities:
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Design and develop web page layouts, wireframes, and prototypes using tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or similar
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Create and optimize visual assets for web use, ensuring responsiveness and accessibility compliance
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Apply USWDS components and federal design standards to ensure consistency and usability
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Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to implement design solutions
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Analyze web metrics and user behavior to recommend improvements to layout, navigation, and content placement
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Ensure all designs meet Section 508 accessibility and federal usability requirements, Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 04/30/2026 Why are you being asked to complete this form?
We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.
Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp. How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your "major life activities." If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
- Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
- Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
- Blind or low vision
- Cancer (past or present)
Requirements
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Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field
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3-5 years of relevant experience in web or digital design
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Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar design tools
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Experience designing for federal or public sector websites preferred
Benefits & conditions
Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
- A "disabled veteran" is one of the following:
- a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
- a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
- A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
- An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
- An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.